Audiobooks by Constance Cotterell

Stories About Mad Scientists Who Aren't Victor Frankenstein

"In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit. Each of their works is laden with talent, has purpose, and is rich and textured in this gloried niche of literature.1 - Stories About Mad Scientists Who Aren't Victor Frankenstein - An Introduction2 - Herbert West - Reanimator - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft3 - Herbert West - Reanimator - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft4 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson5 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson6 - Doctor Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne7 - Carnivorine by Lucy Hamilton Hooper8 - The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley9 - The Man Without a Body by Edward Page Mitchell10 - The Facts in the Case of Monsieur Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe11 - A Thousand Deaths by Jack London12 - A Diagnosis of Death by Ambrose Bierce13 - The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne14 - Lost Hearts by M R James15 - The Moaning Lily by Emma Vane16 - The Blue Laboratory by L T Meade17 - Cool Air by H P Lovecraft18 - The Love Germ by Constance Cotterell19 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne20 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne"

Ambrose Bierce, Constance Cotterell, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Page Mitchell, Emma Vane, H.P. Lovecraft, Jack London, L. T. Meade, Lucy Hamilton Hooper, M.R. James, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Bill Wallis, Christopher Ragland, Garrick Hogan (Narrator)

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The Foundations of Fiction - Mad Scientists

"In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving. Success undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and the surest way to reach a hungry readership is to build on the fortune and flair of your literary colleagues. In literary terms it seems you are never more than half a dozen stories away from a mad scientist. True or not it’s a given that they are amongst the most entertaining of protagonists and one of the go-to characters for authors down the ages. In this volume we explore everything from the seemingly plausible to the obviously mad-cap and, of course, each narrative is driven by a character full of ideas but missing a button or two of common sense.01 - Foundations of Fiction - Mad Scientists - An Introduction2 - Herbert West - Re-Animator by H P Lovecraft3 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson4 - The Facts in the Case of Monsieur Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe5 - Doctor Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne6 - The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley7 - A Thousand Deaths by Jack London8 - A Diagnosis of Death by Ambrose Bierce9 - Carnivorine by Lucy Hamilton Hooper10 - Lost Hearts by M R James11 - The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne12 - The Blue Laboratory by L T Meade13 - The Man Without a Body by Edward Page Mitchell14 - The Moaning Lily by Emma Vane15 - The Love Germ by Constance Cotterell16 - Cool Air by H P Lovecraft17 - The Freezing of London by Herbert C Ridout18 - Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne"

Ambrose Bierce, Constance Cotterell, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Page Mitchell, Emma Vane, H.P. Lovecraft, Herbert C Ridout, Jack London, L. T. Meade, Lucy Hamilton Hooper, M.R. James, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Christopher Ragland, David Shaw-Parker, Robert Maskell (Narrator)

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The Yellow Book - Vol 3

"During the Victorian era the publishing of magazines and periodicals accelerated at a phenomenal rate. This really was mass market publishing to a hungry audience eager for literary sustenance. Many of our greatest authors contributed and expanded their reach whilst many fledging authors also found a ready source for their nascent works and careers.Amongst the very many was 'The Yellow Book'. Although titled as 'An Illustrated Quarterly' it was sold as a cloth-bound hardback and within were short stories, essays, poetry, illustrations and portraits. It was edited by the American author Henry Harland, who also contributed, and its art editor was no less that the formidable Aubrey Beardsley, the enfant terrible of illustration.Its yellow cover and name gave it an association with the risqué and erotic yellow covered works published in France. It was a visual shorthand for ideas that would push many boundaries of Society to more open interpretations. Being complete in each volume and slightly aloof it stayed away from serialised fiction and advertisements. Within each lavishly illustrated edition were literary offerings that included works by such luminaries as Henry James, H G Wells, W B Yeats, Edith Nesbit, George Gissing and many others from the ascetic and decadent movements of the time. The other notable inclusion was women both as contributors and amongst its editing staff, which was at odds with the then patriarchal gender norms. Although it only survived for 13 issues its reach and influence were second to none."

Ada Radford, Constance Cotterell, Netta Syrett (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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